Fiction
THE GREAT ALONE by Kristin Hannah. A former prisoner of war returns from Vietnam and moves his family to Alaska, where they face tough conditions.
FIFTY FIFTY by James Patterson and Candice Fox. Detective Harriet Blue tries to clear her brother’s name and save a small Australian town from being massacred.
THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW by A.J. Finn. A recluse who drinks heavily and takes prescription drugs may have witnessed a crime across from her Harlem townhouse.
AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE by Tayari Jones. A newlywed couple’s relationship is tested when the husband is sentenced to 12 years in prison.
STILL ME by Jojo Moyes. Louisa Clark moves to New York and is torn between high society and the life she enjoys at a vintage clothing store.
LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng. An artist upends a quiet suburb outside Cleveland.
LOOK FOR ME by Lisa Gardner. Sergeant Detective D. D. Warren teams up with a torture survivor to find a missing teenager whose family was gunned down.
BEFORE WE WERE YOURS by Lisa Wingate. A South Carolina lawyer learns about the questionable practices of a Tennessee orphanage.
ORIGIN by Dan Brown. A symbology professor goes on a perilous quest with a beautiful museum director.
AGENT IN PLACE by Mark Greaney. The seventh book in the Gray Man series. Court Gentry gets the chance to end a brutal dictatorship.
Nonfiction
FIRE AND FURY by Michael Wolff. A journalist offers an inside account of the first year of the Trump White House.
OBAMA by Pete Souza. More than 300 pictures of the former president by his White House photographer, with behind-the-scenes stories.
EDUCATED by Tara Westover. The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
ENLIGHTENMENT NOW by Steven Pinker. A case for using reason, science and humanism to counter pessimistic views of Western civilization.
ASTROPHYSICS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY by Neil deGrasse Tyson. A straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction to the universe.
EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON by Kate Bowler. A divinity school professor examines her tacit beliefs when she learns she has colon cancer.
THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY by Michio Kaku. The physicist describes how humans might develop civilization in outer space and possibly become immortal.
ALL-AMERICAN MURDER by James Patterson and Alex Abramovich with Mike Harvkey. The story of Aaron Hernandez, the New England Patriots tight end convicted of first-degree murder.
THE LAST BLACK UNICORN by Tiffany Haddish. The comedian recounts growing up in South Central Los Angeles and finding success after a period of homelessness.
WHEN by Daniel H. Pink. Research reveals the ideal time to make small decisions and big life changes.
Paperback fiction
READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline.
MILK AND HONEY by Rupi Kaur.
THE SUN AND HER FLOWERS by Rupi Kaur.
SMALL GREAT THINGS by Jodi Picoult.
LINCOLN IN THE BARDO by George Saunders.
Paperback nonfiction
HORSE SOLDIERS by Doug Stanton.
BEING MORTAL by Atul Gawande.
EVICTED by Matthew Desmond.
THE POWER HABIT by Charles Duhigg.
THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls.